Latest: After being detained for almost 4 years, Chinese activist #HuangQi finally got to meet his 87-year-old mother for the first time. Huang was only given two eggs per week and his hands and feet were both swollen due to possible malnutrition.dw.com/zh/%E5%85%B3%E…
His mom, Pu Wenqing told friends in a series of audio recording that she has asked Huang to try to call her one more day each week but she wasn't sure if the prison authorities will approve such request or not.
According to her, Huang's lawyers have not been able to visit him due to anti-pandemic measures, and she wasn't sure when the Chinese government will loosen relevant measures. "Even when they loosen the preventative measures, the justice department need to send a ...
... notification to the local justice department in Sichuan, then the justice department will forward the notification to the prison, then the prison will try to arrange meeting between Huang and his lawyers. "I'm not sure how much longer he will have to wait."
Pu, who was 87 and has been suffering from multiple chronic illness including diabetes and a cancer, said she will try to stay alive until Huang is released from prison. Huang was given a 12-year sentence in July 2019 for operating a website containing sensitive content.
"My diabetic complication has reached stage four and my original doctor told me that he didn't want to treat me because my complications were 'special.' He asked me to transfer to a more senior doctor."
Eventually, the doctor only gave Pu painkillers worth 6.5 RMB. She said other than easing her physical pain, the medication does nothing else. "Even though I'm living in despair, I still hope to live one more day because I hope I can wait until my son is released."
"These are merely my wishes, and I think it's impossible to fulfill them in reality," Pu said in the audio recording. In fact, Pu issued a public letter titled "the last confession from Huang Qi's mother," in which she detailed her health conditions and how she ...
... has been threatened by local police not to go to #Beijing, not to take any media interviews, not to meet anyone who has spoken out for Huang Qi and she needs the police's approval before she can hire a lawyer. She is also banned from hiring human rights lawyers.
Apart from suffering from multiple kinds of illnesses, Pu's cancer has also reportedly spread to all parts of her body. Her biggest wish was to be able to see Huang again in her life time. It happened on September 17.
When I tried to contact her this morning, she sent me a 5-second audio message, saying she really can't take any interviews at this point but thanking the international community for paying attention to Huang's case.
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